Training on WordPress Course Content
Introduction and WordPress Installations
- Introduction to the Course
- What is WordPress?
- Your WordPress Server
- One Click Installations
- Navigating WordPress
- Using Real Content
- Under the Hood: Files & Databases
- Organizing Posts
- Creating a Post
- Inserting & Formatting Text
- Inserting Images, Audio and Video
- Managing Content
WordPress Additional Types of Content
Using WordPress as a Content Management System
- Creating a Static Page
- Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries
- Inserting Video Files into Your Blog Posts
- Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts
- Keeping Media Files Organized
- Understanding Custom Fields
- Working with Custom Fields
- Creating Different Page Views Using WordPress Templates
- Creating a Template for Each Post Category
- Creating Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts
- Optimizing Your WordPress Blog
Customizing WordPress Appearance
Getting More Performance from WordPress
- Post Via Email
- Boost SEO Results (All-In-One SEO)
- Test Website Performance
- Speed Up Your Site (W3 Total Cache)
- Creating a Social Media Listening Hub
- Understanding Analytics
Exploring the Anatomy of a Theme
- Examining the Default Theme
- Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
- Understanding What to Avoid with Free Themes
- Exploring Premium Theme Options
- Exploring Template Tags, Values, and Parameters
- Creating New Widget Areas
- Examining the Main Index and The Loop
- Customizing Your Blog Posts with Template Tags
- Slicing with Photoshop
- Creating the blueprint
- Breaking up the HTML
- Styling the header
- Styling the navigation menu
- Styling the content area
- Styling the footer area
- Finishing the homepage
- Styling a Static Page
- Styling the Blog page
- Understanding how WordPress theme works
- Introducing Template file structure
- Breaking up the HTML
- Building the header
- Building the menu
- Building the sidebar
- Building Content Area ( WordPress Hooks, Loops, Filters)
- Building the footer
- Custom Homepage Template
- Adding gallery to the homepage
- Creating single blog post page
- Implementing comments
- Creating Contact Form
- Working with custom fields
- Working with custom type posts
- Changing Your Background Graphic
- Changing Your Header Graphic
- Personalizing Your Theme with CSS
- Understanding Basic HTML Techniques
- Changing Basic Elements for a Unique Look
- Understanding Parent and Child Themes
- Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes
- Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes
- Preparing a Parent Theme
- Introducing WordPress Plugins
- Evaluating Plugins before Installing
- Installing and Managing Plugins
- Configuring and Using Plugins
- Using Widgets
- Modifying Existing Plugin Code
- Creating Simple Plugins from Scratch
- Understanding Plugin Structure
- Creating Your First Plugin
- Fixing Problems
- Filtering Content
- Creating Shortcodes
- Adding Widgets
- Building a Settings Page